Countryman Horse

Picking winners is only half the job; backing them well is the other half. Writing in Practical Punting in February 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting editor Brian Blackwell ...

Picking winners comes down to what has changed about a horse, and what everyone else has missed. Writing in Practical Punting in January 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting ed...

Because of the grading system, every greyhound in a race has a chance of winning — so the hardest job in greyhound racing form study is deciding which dogs to eliminate. Writing in Practical Punti...

Horse racing form is more than numbers — a trainer, a jockey and an owner are all telling you something, if you know where to look. Writing in Practical Punting in December 2003, US expert Barry M...

Horse racing handicapping does not reduce to a system — as US expert Barry Meadow puts it, most experienced players understand the game is far too complex for that. Writing in Practical Punting in...

What should a genuinely good horse racing form analyst actually expect to win in a year? In April 2009, in Brian Blackwell's Practical Punting series Attainable Targets, the American handicapper J...

TAB Fixed Odds Movers for Saturday’s races at Caulfield, Randwick and Doomben.February 14 

Racing Victoria's Chief Handicapper, Greg Carpenter, has given a half-kilo (0.5kg) penalty to French stayer Dunaden for the Melbourne Cup (3200m) following his victory in the Geelong Cup (2400m). ...

The French connection is the right one to have at this time of year in Hong Kong - just ask Gerald Mosse, the man hoping to pass countryman Olivier Peslier to become the most successful jockey in H...

THE high Australian dollar, extremely generous - by European standards - prizemoney and the status of the Melbourne Cup as the world's premier staying race are all continuing to make the Victorian ...

A hit-and-run mission as a fill-in was a lucrative one for familiar face Craig Williams as the Aussie jockey teamed with countryman John Size for one win before denying the trainer another with vi...

Racing Victoria is pleased with the response from international trainers with 25 northern hemisphere horses nominated for the Melbourne Cup including defending champion Americain.Nominations for th...